Curtain hook



s. v. BREEN CURTAIN HOOK 7 Filed May 22, 1922 Inventor yam 9 W W Patented Jan. 20, 1925..

UNITED STATES SIMON V. BR-EEN, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CURTAIN HOOK.

Application filed May 22, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON V. BREnN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city of Toronto, county of York, Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Hooks, described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, that form part of the same.

The objects of the invention are to facilitate the handling of curtains so that they may be moved back and forth on their supports with the least strain upon the fabric and in a smooth and eifective manner, and further to enable their being readily hung or removed from their supporting rod.

A still further object is to provide a hook which will not become accidentally disengaged from the supporting rod.

The principal feature of the invention consists in the novel construction and formation of a length of wire whereby the upper edge of the curtain is supported above the hanging rod by a looped length of wire secured thereto and formed with a hook adapted to extend over the supporting rod in a looped formation, said loop having a roller bearing support on the rod.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved curtain support shown arranged upon the length of rod and showing a curtain in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the curtain support, transverse of the supporting rod.

Figure 3 is an elevational view of a mod'l. fied form of the support.

It has been the custom to support curtains by means of rings sliding upon the supporting rods and it has been proposed to pro: vide roller supports for these rings, the curtains being supported from the rings by hooks secured to the curtains and engaging the rings.

According to the present invention the hook is adapted to embrace the rod and di rectly support the curtains. It is formed of a length of wire 1 having at one end a Serial No. 562,830.

triangular loop 2 which is adapted to be stitched to the inner side of the curtain.

The wire is looped and returned upward and adjacent to the lower loop 3 both wires are bent to form the raised projections l.

The upwardly extending member 5 is arched at the top to extend over the rod (3 and is returned downwardly having an in wardly bent portion 7 and an outwardly turned extremity 8.

The apex of the portions 7 and 8 is arranged slightly above the projection l and the distance between them is less than the diameter of the rod 6. The member '7 will spring outwardly to allow of the hook being placed upon or removed from the rod but the wire is sufiiciently stiff to prevent its spreading accidentally to allow the hook to come off the rod.

The upper portion of the hook member 5 is provided with a transverse straight portion 9 upon which is rotatably mounted a longitudinally conoaved roller 10 which e11- gages the rod 6 and forms a rolling support for the hook. This form of roller and hook is adaptable for several of the smaller sizes of rods but where a large rod is used it may be desirable to provide the larger hook member 11, illustrated in Figure 3, with two angularly set straight portions 12 upon which are journalled the rollers 13 spaced apart and engaging the upper surface of the rod 14. Y

A curtain supporting member such as described is extremely simple. It may be manufactured at very low cost and is easily applied to the curtain and enables the curtain to be very easily hung and when hung it greatly facilitates the handling of the cur tain through its rolling supports.

What I claim as my invention is 1, A curtain hook, comprising, a length of wire having a straight portion adapted to be secured to the curtain and a portion bent into the form of a hook open at the bottom and adapted to extend over the curtain rod and having sharp angular bends at the top thereof, and a roller member arranged upon the hook between said angular bends adapted to engage the rod and form a rolling support for the hook.

2. A curtain hook, comprising, a length of wire having a loop at one end, said wire being bent intermediate of its length to form a second loop, both loops being adapted to be secured to the curtain, the wire extending from the second loop parallel with the :por tion between :the loops being bent into'the;

form of a hook, the portion of the wire above 1 the lower loop being bent outwardly to form a projection, and the extremity of the hook being bent inwardly toward said projection and with the extremity forming a restricted passage of lesser width than the diame- 15 ter of the rod.

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